VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: The Mind Matters ...!

The Word Of God

Is Not A Buffet

Where You Pick And Eat

According To Feeling

And

How Much Of Self

You Want To Pay On The Day!

The Word Of God

Is More Than

Necessary Food And Drink!

To Truly Benefit

You Must Eat And Think

And

Think And Eat ... And Think

And Swallow!

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 I Want Nothing To Do
With This New Bobble-Head-Inducing Preaching!

Hear! Hear!

The Fair Preaching Of The Word Of God

Should First Appeal To My Intellect!

It Should Then Tug At My Emotions

And

Being Convincing

Solicit For Jesus Christ

The Control Of My Will!

When Preaching Appeals Only

To My Emotions

My Intellect Exits Stage Right

And

The End Result Of That, My Friends

Is

My Will Walking Wildly
Blindly

Into Darkest Night!

The Mind Matters!

The Will Wanders!

The Emotions Run Wild!

So,

It Is Necessary

- Truly Necessary -

If 
Faith Is To Take Hold

That My Mind Be Engaged

For Truth To Reach 
And 
Breach My Soul!

The Living God Eternal, Said:

Come ... Let Us Reason Together!

The Lord Of Light And Life

Appeals To My Mind

Where, With Him

I Can Come To A Conclusion

And Say

Father,

Thou Art Holy!

Though Art God!

Though Art Divine!

Emotions Are A Runaway Train

When The Intellect Is On Vacation ...!

... And The Intellect Sleeps On In Vain

As The Will Indulges In Spiritous Libation!

A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste!

It's A Shame To Place The Will In Disgrace!

It Is Said That When The Emotions Run Riot

Then

Satan And His Kind

Ride Rough-Shod Over The Man

Making Him Behave Like The Fool

The Directionless Idiot

A Three-legged Two-Footed Stool!

Look At It This Way ...

Jesus Christ Is Building Places
In His Father's House

For Us Who Choose To Believe The Living Word! 

Should Not We

- The Believing Ones Faithful -

In This The Sojourner's Hour

Then, By God's Grace
Build Righteous Characters

That The Lord Christ Will Gladly Receive?!

I Agree!

The Words Of God
- Truth Delivered Truthfully -
Are Our Character's Building Blocks!
If The Blocks, The Word
Is Faulty
Appealing Only To Emotions
Which Deliver Sensations
We Are Going To Be In Serious Trouble
If The Lord, In Mercy, Doesn't Help Us!

We Are Going To Be "Enjoying"
A World Of Hurt!

Perish The Thought!

Brethren,
We Really Need To Expect Better Of
Those Delivering The Word Of God
Expect To Do Better Ourselves
Expect To Live Better By The Grace Of God
And
Ever Always
Desire To Reach The Blessed Land
Wherein Is The Holy Son Of God
The Son Of Man
The Living God
Who, Alone
Can Save Sinful, Dying, Man!

Preach, Brother!

Bottom Line ...

We Are Living In Perilous Times
And
I See No Reason Why
We Should Be Saying
 "Yeah!" And "Amen!"
When The Preacher Teacher Speaker
Is 
Merely Delivering Sugar Shots 
And 
Not The Strong Meat Of 
The Power-To-Change-Lives Word 
To The Firm Believers In The Lord Christ!

There Is No Need, No Cause
Nor Reason 
To Reason Over Sugar!

Sugar Is Just A Sweet Treat! 

Sugar Melts!
A Sugar Rush Is Attained!
No Health Is Gained
Just Fat Aka Sin
To Be Restrained!

A Man's Gotta Chew On The Meat Of The Word!

When The Carnal Mind Meets Heavenly Meat
It Has The Desire The Meat To Eat
But
To Eat The Heaven-Sent Meat
Carnal Mind Must Thoughtfully, Thoroughly, Chew
- And Swallow -
If 
One Will Live The Life In Christ Called New
In The World Tomorrow!

Is Your Mind Totally Engaged

When

You Hear The Word Of God!?!

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Is The Word You Hear

The Word Of God

Or

The Opinions Of Man?!

Can You Discern The Difference?!

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PRAYER:

Heavenly Father,

Please Hear Our Prayer!

Please, We Beseech You

Grant Unto Us

Spiritual Discernment This Day!

Help Us, Lord

To Hear

See

Understand

Accept

And

Live

According To

The Unadulterated Word

So That We, Believing

Loving

Trusting

Hoping

Obeying

Praising

Worshipping

May Depart The Goat Herd
To Be Led By The Good Shepherd
Who Leads The Sheep
To The Safe Fold!

Please Bless Us
With Clear Eyesight

True Hindsight

And

Pure Foresight

So That We May Reject

Soul Blight

And

Accepted In The Beloved

May

- In The Day Appointed -

Rise Up To The Land Where

There Is Peace
And
No Night!

We Love You, Lord!

We Bless Your Holy Name
And

We Humbly Ask For These Mercies

In The Name Of Jesus Christ
The Only One Righteous!

Please Cause The Holy Spirit
To Fall Upon Us!

AMEN.

INDICTED: Working For God?!

You Love ME?!

How Can You Say You Love Me
When
You Say Nothing
Whilst Knowing That My Life Is A Big Fat Lie?!

How Can You Believe That You Love Me
When You Know That The Life I Lead
Will Cause Me To Eternally Die?!

You Say Your Way Is Better
BUT
Have You Shown Me
How To Live The Right Way?
Or
Is Your Better Way
Just For You
AND
Everybody Else
Is To Live Like
A Rabid Stray?!

I May Not Know Much
About The God That You Trust
BUT
I Have Heard A Thing Or Two
About The Holy God
AND
I Know
That The Truth
That You Are Unwilling To Feed Me
Makes You
Nothing More Than
A Laid Up
Weak
Unholy Fraud!

Love Me?!
You Most Certainly Do Not
OR
You Would - In Love -
Point Out
The Errors Of My Ways!
You Would Find Me
A Burden Upon Your Soul
AND 
Make Helping Me To See 
The Real Jesus
Your Life's 
True 
AND 
Ultimate Goal!

My Life Is Not
The Best One!
Lord Knows
It Is The Only One I Have Got
BUT
If I Were You
- An All-Fired Christian -
Working For My Jesus
I Would Try My Best
To Show The Right Way To You!

Please ...

Don't Try To Be Polite
Saying 
You Don't Want To Hurt My Feelings!
What Good Are Feelings
When As A Lost Sheep
I'm Dead?!

Tell Me Plain!
Let Me Make The Decision
To Accept 
Or 
To Ignore You
BUT
Don't Feed Me Lovely Provender
- With Poison -
On A Comfortable Four-Poster Bed!

Hurt Me ... With The Truth!
Don't Comfort Me ... With A Lie!
Help Me To Make
An Informed Decision
So That
If 
I Choose The Lie
I Made That Choice
FREELY!
AND
I Won't Be Dying
Because
You Came To Me 
Pretty AND Lying!

The Lord Gave You Mission?!
So, Go On AND Do It!

The Lord Gave You A Message?!
So, Get Up AND Deliver It!

Do God's Work
For Which You Say
You Have Been Called
AND
Stop Acting Like
An Undercover Agent
For The King Of 
The Underground Fraud Squad!

So ...

Tell Me?

What IS The Word Of The Lord?

HAPPY SABBATH: The Gospel Stands Indestructible!

Let No One Feel that Spillage of a Believer's Life's Blood

Will Stop The Gospel from Going Forth to 

The Ends Of The Earth!

The Gospel of The Love of God has No Limits 

for

It Is The Truth-Provided Resource!

The Gospel Of The Love Of God Is:

Sanctioned by God

Spread by Faith

Covered in Blood

Revealed to All by God's Grace

Sealed by God's Mercy

Delivered by Love

Held by Hope

Carried by Trust in God

Used by Lovers of God

Preached by Believers in God

Protected by Angels of God
and
Accepted By Those Needful By God's Holy Spirit!

Spoken in Truth by The Truth
The True Word of God

Will Forever Stand ... By GOD!

HAPPY SABBATH: No More Night!

You can't Fool the  Master
He Gave you your Mouth
He is the Redeemer 
AND He is your Friend
AND He'll Either be your Judge OR  your King
It's your Choice ... at The End!

Think About your Life!
Can you Save your Own Soul?
Can you Extinguish Hell's Fires
When you get Thrown Out The "Door?"

Salvation is Free
To All who Will Believe
And Trust on King Jesus
His Heart on their Sleeve!

Rather to be Chosen as 
Soldier or Sacrifice
Makes No Difference to us for
When He Comes we Fly
Home to His House - To Mansions of Rest
To Live with The Eternal
Eternally Blessed!

I am In on Jesus' Action
I will in The Strife Fight
And if I am Chosen to Say: "Good Night!"
Well??
"Good Night!"

In Jesus I Know No Fear!
With Jesus I Fear No Fright!
Jesus Christ IS My Lord and My God, and
He's Already Saved Me from Sin's Blight!

I Shall Awaken - Remade
Righteous
In Flight, and
I will See My God 
As One of His Own!
My Rest will Sweet!
My Light will be Glory Bright!
I will Sing through Endless Ages
In Eternal Day, for
There is No Night - Nor Worry, Nor Care - There!